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			Matrox Imaging Library
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The Matrox Imaging Library (MIL) is a high-level 'C' library with an
extensive set of optimized functions for image processing
(point-to-point, statistics, filtering, morphology and geometric
transforms), pattern matching, blob analysis, gauging, OCR, bar and
matrix code recognition, and calibration.  OEMs and integrators use
MIL to accelerate the development of machine vision, medical imaging,
and image analysis applications.

Device-independent Matrox Imaging Library (MIL) uses the power of
today's Intel CPUs incorporating MMX technology if present or, if your
application requires dedicated or additional processing power, MIL
works with the Matrox Genesis family of image processors.


To start with MIL:

- Compile and run the MIL examples:

  As root you can compile the examples from the installation
  directory, open a shell and type:

  # cd $MILDIR/examples
  # make clean; make

  This will recompile the MIL examples. The installation will set
  the default system to HOST. You can use the milconfig utility to
  modify the default values. 

  To compile the mdispgtk, mdispwindowgtk, mdispqt andmdispwindowqt
  examples, qt-devel and gtk2-devel packages must be installed. Then
  follow the instructions in the README files found in their
  respective directories.

  Now let's try our first example:
  # cd mappstart
  # ./mappstart

- Check the MIL documentation:

  For more information on MIL see the MIL manuals. (paper or on-line)
  and the MIL on-line help. The MIL documentation on Linux is not
  completely available yet, please use the on-line help provided on
  Windows for the official documentation. The partial documentation
  can be found in $MILDIR/doc.